Win: Bobby Rakers (12-6) Loss: Akihiro Takano (6-13)
Inning: 1 Toronto Akihiro Takano pitching. Billy Rath grounds out to the pitcher. Pepper Smith strikes out. Bill Link singles to left field. Carter Dolan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Link is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Sadao Shiraishi pitching. Jim Blowers reached on a fielding error by Billy Rath. Kunio Togano singles to center field. Herm Creel flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Toronto John Madden grounds out to the pitcher. Beauty Jones pops out to the third baseman. Bill Cripe singles to right field. Bob Gonzalez singles to left field. Bill Cripe advances to third on the hit. Sadao Shiraishi singles to center field. Bill Cripe scores. Bob Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Billy Rath flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima hits a home run. Bill Raffensberger pops out to the third baseman. Ken Gladd flies out to the right fielder. Akihiro Takano lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Pepper Smith walks. Bill Link singles to center field. Pepper Smith advances to third on the hit. Carter Dolan singles to center field. Pepper Smith scores. Bill Link advances to third on the hit. John Madden walks. Beauty Jones strikes out. Bill Cripe walks. Bill Link scores. Bryan Onis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Gonzalez grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Carter Dolan is out at home. Sadao Shiraishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Blowers singles to left field. Kunio Togano grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Herm Creel is hit by a pitch. Steve Brown singles to right field. Lance Qualters singles to center field. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Toronto Billy Rath doubles to right field. Pepper Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Rath advances to third on the play. Bill Link grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Rath scores. Carter Dolan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Raffensberger doubles to right field. Ken Gladd singles to right field. Bryan Onis grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Raffensberger scores. Ken Gladd advances to second on the play. Jim Blowers grounds out to the shortstop. Kunio Togano singles past the first baseman. Ken Gladd is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto John Madden strikes out. Beauty Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Cripe walks. Bob Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bobby Rakers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Herm Creel strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Lance Qualters triples. Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Bobby Rakers grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Rath walks. Billy Rath steals second. Pepper Smith walks. Roland Short comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Link walks. Carter Dolan singles to right field. Billy Rath scores. John Madden walks. Pepper Smith scores. Beauty Jones walks. Bill Link scores. Fred Combs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Cripe grounds out to the third baseman. Carter Dolan scores. John Madden advances to third on the play. Beauty Jones advances to second on the play. Bob Gonzalez singles past the second baseman. John Madden scores. Bobby Rakers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Gladd grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Combs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Billy Rath hits a home run. Pepper Smith flies out to the right fielder. Bill Link strikes out. Carter Dolan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Jim Blowers walks. Kunio Togano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Blowers advances to second on the play. Herm Creel strikes out. Steve Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto John Madden strikes out. Beauty Jones pops out to the shortstop. Bill Cripe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Lance Qualters strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Bill Raffensberger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Bob Gonzalez singles to center field. Jake Midkiff is pinch hitting for Bobby Rakers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Midkiff flies out to the center fielder. Billy Rath grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Gonzalez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pepper Smith grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Billy Rath is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Don Relic pitching. Ken Gladd doubles to center field. Bob Main is pinch hitting for Fred Combs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Main flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Acosta is pinch hitting for Jim Blowers. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ernie Acosta singles to right field. Ken Gladd scores. Kunio Togano walks. Herm Creel pops out to the first baseman. Steve Brown singles to right field. Ernie Acosta scores. Lance Qualters flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Toronto total runners LOB: 10 Detroit total runners LOB: 10
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ramon Parent did not respond to coaching in range Ramon Parent did not respond to coaching in range Anthony Speece did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rex Gehrig did not respond to coaching in range Pep Misuraca did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Reynolds improves in power_vs_righty Yank Howard did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Cuccinello improves in power_vs_righty Dave Pollet did not respond to coaching in arm